Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong hit for the first cycle of the 2026 MLB season Monday night, and the Cubs rallied in the ninth inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 at Wrigley Field, according to ESPN's article and game summary.
Crow-Armstrong went 4-for-4 with one run, four hits, two RBI and a home run. He completed the cycle with a seventh-inning single, then added an eighth-inning sacrifice fly before Chicago came back in the ninth.
Crow-Armstrong Completes Cycle In Seventh
ESPN's play-by-play credited Crow-Armstrong with a 434-foot homer to center to lead off the first inning. He tripled to right in the third, doubled to right in the fifth and finished the cycle with a single to right in the seventh.
Crow-Armstrong's first three hits came against Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen. The single that completed the cycle came against Brennan Bernardino.
The sacrifice fly in the eighth scored Matt Shaw and cut Colorado's lead to 4-3 after Cole Carrigg's three-run homer had put the Rockies ahead in the top half of the inning.
First MLB Cycle This Season
ESPN reported that Crow-Armstrong is the first player in the majors to hit for the cycle this season. The previous MLB cycle came from Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton last July, according to the report.
For the Cubs, the historical marker is narrower and just as useful. ESPN listed Crow-Armstrong as the 13th player in franchise history to hit for the cycle and the youngest Cubs player to do it since Randy Hundley in 1966.
He is also the first Cubs player to hit for the cycle since teammate Carson Kelly did it last March, ESPN reported.
Cubs Finish The Comeback In Ninth
The cycle did not stand alone. ESPN's final summary marked the game complete at 5-4 after Chicago scored twice in the bottom of the ninth.
Pedro Ramirez singled to left to score Seiya Suzuki and tie the game. Matt Shaw then drew a walk that scored Ian Happ for the winning run, according to ESPN's play-by-play.
ESPN's game information listed the attendance at 38,337 and the duration at 3:12. Crow-Armstrong's OPS was listed at .845 after the cycle, and ESPN reported he had 13 hits over his past six games, including eight for extra bases.
The Cubs left with both parts of the night: a rare individual batting line and a one-run MLB win that was not secure until the final plate appearance.